Leon Hirszman

Biography

Leon Hirszman (Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 1937 — Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main exponents of the movement known as Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work is marked by the influence of central Marxist theses in political debates in Latin America and by the politicized representation of the working class.

Known For

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

ABC of a Strike

Let Me Tell You

Guarnieri

Acting

1996

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

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Self (uncredited)

1967

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

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Self

1990

ABC of a Strike

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Self

2019

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

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Self (archive footage)

1963

The Beggars

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2016

Cinema Novo

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Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2014

Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

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Himself

2007

Let Me Tell You

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1987

Vianinha

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2017

Guarnieri

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Self (archive footage)

Production

1996

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

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1970

A Vingança dos Doze

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1975

Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão

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1976

Partido Alto

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1962

Five Times Favela

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1971

Faustão

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1967

The Girl from Ipanema

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1964

A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow

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Crew

Directing

1987

Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano

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1981

Which Country is this?

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1981

They Don't Wear Black Tie

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1962

Five Times Favela

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1972

Saint Bernard

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1990

ABC of a Strike

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1996

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

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1987

Images of the Unconscious

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1965

The Deceased

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1964

Absolute Majority

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1976

Partido Alto

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1967

The Girl from Ipanema

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1969

Nelson Cavaquinho

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1973

Megalopolis

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2014

Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

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1969

América do Sexo

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1997

Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

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1973

Ecologia

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1975

Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão

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1976

Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar

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1976

Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

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1987

No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

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1987

Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

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1978

Rio, Carnaval da Vida

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1969

Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia

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1971

Médio São Francisco

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